Health Connect South announced that Dr. Erica Schwartz, newly confirmed Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will participate in a fireside chat along with Samantha Brown-Parks, MD, MPH Regional Director HHS during the healthcare conference taking place on September 16 at the Georgia Aquarium.

Dr. Schwartz will be one of the 45 healthcare leaders to speak at the conference. Other speakers include:

Anthony Saul, President & COO of Grady Healthsystem

Dr. Stephanie Beavers, Vice Dean of Academics & Administration at Mercer University School of Medicine

Dr. Allan Levey, Director of Emory’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Dr. Dennis Liotta, Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug Development

Dr. Kristin Higgins, Chief Clinical Officer at City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta

Corwin Harper, President of Kaiser Permanente Georgia

The mission of Health Connect South is to serve the health community as a platform to promote regional health collaborations.

For more information, including the 2026 agenda and to purchase tickets, visit Health South Connect.